Title: Business Systems Analyst 3 (N-IT)(With Operational Technology Projects Expertise.) Location: Vancouver, WA (Hybrid) Duration: 12-month Contract (with possible extensions up to 5 years) Pay Range: $69.03 $72.25 per hour Supports business analysis, requirements development, solution design, implementation, and ongoing improvement of complex business and technical systems. Works with stakeholders, subject matter experts, project managers, and technical teams to document business needs, evaluate solution options, coordinate system development and testing, facilitate change management, and ensure compliance with established systems lifecycle processes.
Position Responsibilities- Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business and technical requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and validation sessions; identify gaps, resolve conflicting requirements, and distinguish business needs from potential solutions.
- Research and document current and future state business processes, technical systems, and functional designs to identify improvement opportunities and clarify operational needs.
- Evaluate alternative solutions, establish decision frameworks, support business analysis planning, and develop business cases and recommendations for proposed improvements.
- Facilitate design sessions, project meetings, stakeholder discussions, and decision-making activities to align business needs, technical requirements, and project objectives.
- Identify process improvement and automation opportunities, including methods to reduce repetitive manual data handling and improve operational efficiency.
- Develop and maintain solution documentation, including requirements, use cases, process maps, test plans, procedures, and functional and technical specifications.
- Coordinate with technical development teams to support solution design and development, communicate requirements, and facilitate the transition of functional and technical documentation.
- Create queries and reports to extract, analyze, manipulate, and present business and technical information; communicate project updates, decisions, and documentation to stakeholders.
- Assist project managers with project scope, schedules, budgets, forecasts, resource coordination, risks, issues, and collaboration across participating teams.
- Support change management planning and implementation, facilitate system and user testing, and coordinate data and system integration activities across systems of varying technical maturity.
- Provide initial technical support to business users, maintain user and operational manuals, develop training and onboarding materials, and evaluate implemented solutions for ongoing improvement.
- Support compliance with established technology systems lifecycle processes by preparing required documentation, consulting subject matter experts, coordinating reviews, incorporating feedback, and obtaining project sponsor approval.
Position Requirements Education & Corresponding Experience- A degree in Information Technology, Technical Management, Information Management, Engineering, Business Systems, Computer Science or a directly related technical discipline is preferred.
- 10 years of experience is required with an applicable Associate's degree.
- 8 years of experience is required with an applicable Bachelor's degree.
- 12 years of experience is required without a degree.
- Experience should be consistent with the specific requirements of business systems analysis and progressively more technical in nature.
Required Technical Skills & Experience - Advanced knowledge of Visio and/or other flowchart tools.
- Expert proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Utilizing requirements management tool.
- Expert knowledge in supporting full lifecycle of projects through the IT Systems Development Lifecycle
- Expert knowledge in IT planning, functional and technical specifications, and system life-cycle (SLC) management.
- Experience Supporting Requirements Development, to include:
- Conduct interviews and facilitate workshops to elicit business requirements
- Research, analyze, model and organize information for developing requirements
- Decompose high-level information and abstract up from low-level information to distinguish solution ideas from business needs
- Facilitate requirements validation sessions and present findings to stakeholders
- Collaborate to resolve requirements conflicts between stakeholders
- Research, document, and validate current and future state processes and designs (functional and technical)
- Help define best approaches, alternatives, and decision frameworks for alternative business solutions analyses.
Preferred Skills & Experience- Experience in organizational change management methods and tools.
- Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies
Everest Consultants offers the following benefits for this position: medical, dental, & vision insurance, short-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, and a referral bonus program, paid sick/vacation/holidays, and a health and welfare fringe benefit.
Everest Consultants is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal civil rights laws. #IND